LITERATURE IN ENGLISH FIRST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR SSS1

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH FIRST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR SSS1

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2021

SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

CLASS: S.S.S.1

1. Pick the odd item from the options listed (a) romance (b) novel (c) short story (d) sonnet

2. A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work is the ______ (a) plot (b) conflict (c) climax (d) denouement

3. One of the following is not a genre of literature (a) drama (b) character (c) poetry (d) prose

4. An individual who acts, appears, or is referred to as playing part in a literary work is a ______ (a) villain (b) character (c) clown (d) narrator

5. One of the following is not a non-fiction prose (a) criticism (b) journals (c) fable (d) magazine

6. An attitude of the writer towards the subject matter is the ______ (a) tone (b) plot (c) crisis (d) climax

7. The story of a person’s life written by another is ______ (a) history (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) anthology

8. Pick the odd item out of the options listed (a) metonymy (b) euphemism (c) oxymoron (d) character

9. The major genres of literature are (a) fiction, non-fiction, drama (b) prose, farce, comedy (c) prose, drama, poetry (d) poetry, prose, fiction

10. A narrative in which characters and events are imaginary is ______ (a) fiction (b) epistolary (c) autobiography (d) biography

11. The performers in a place constitute the (a) chorus (b) audience (c) artists (d) cat

12. The types of literary work is known as ______ (a) eras (b) episodes (c) genres (d) cantos

13. Identify the odd item (a) poetry (b) prose (c) melodrama (d) drama

14. The character who develops with the story in prose is known as (a) flat character (b) round character (c) romantic hero (d) tragic hero

15. The king has joined his ancestors is an example of (a) euphemism (b) eulogy (c) hyperbole (d) sarcasm

16. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is ______ (a) alliteration (b) assonance (c) onomatopoeia (d) pun

17. ______ is the location in time, geographical or historical of the plot of a literary work (a) setting (b) narrative technique (c) point of view (d) characterization

18. ______ is a literary device used to express something unpleasant in a more acceptable manner (a) epilogue (b) epigram (c) eulogy (d) euphemism

19. ______ refers to the structure of a work of art (a) form (b) plot (c) setting (d) style

20. Prose is written in ______ (a) chapters and paragraphs (b) lines and scenes (c) line and stanzas (d) acts and scenes

21. “The sun smiled gently on the scene” illustrates (a) paradox (b) parody (c) personification (d) pun

22. Identify the odd item from the list (a) novel (b) novella (c) journal (d) short story

23. “The dragonfly hangs like a blue thread from the sky” illustrates (a) simile (b) litotes (c) contrast (d) metaphor

24. The narrative writing which tells about real people, places and events is ______ (a) fiction (b) story (c) documentary (d) non-fiction

25. ______ is a story with a fine theme and is similar to the novel but shorter than it. (a) myth (b) romance (c) short story (d) parable

26. The story of one’s life written by himself/herself is known as (a) biography (b) bibliography (c) analogy (d) autobiography

27. A figure of speech that addresses non-living things or objects as though they were living or present is (a) paradox (b) apostrophe (c) oxymoron (d) personification

28. ______ gives human attributes or qualities to objects and abstract ideas (a) simile

(b) paradox (c) personification (d) irony

29. “Man proposes, God, disposes” illustrates the use of (a) alliteration (b) assonance

30. “That man is so generous that he hardly helps anyone in need” is an example of (a) irony (b) sarcasm (c) euphemism (d) hyperbole

SECTION B: THEORY

1(a) What is fiction?

(b) Give four types of fiction

2(a) Outline three elements of prose

(b) Give three functions of literature

3(a) Describe the following:

(i) Prose (ii) Novel (iii) Novella

(b) Outline two types of non-fiction

4. Give one example each to illustrate the following figures of speech

(a) Metaphor (b) Hyperbole (c) Personification (d) Euphemism

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH FIRST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR SSS1

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